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Show Dr. Price's Cream Baking Ponder Most Perfect Made. CHARLIE IS A DEMO CART And a Good Postmaster The People of "Vineyard are Well Pleased With Him, and Treat Him to a Royal Surprise. To the Editor of The Evening Dispatch: On Friday last the good people of Vineyard precinct did themselves proud by again surprising one of their IriendB. This time the fortunate victim vic-tim was the postmaster, Charles C. Craig. Just as the little gentleman was settling settl-ing down for a quiet evening, a gentle knock was heard at the door, and over fifty persons loaded down with every conceivable kind of home production in the eatable liDe, commenced to file into the room, impressing upon the mind of the postmaster a true meaning of a euccesful surprise. Mrs. Charlotte Nordstrom and willing wil-ling aids were not long in making a row of tables look as though President Cleveland had nothing at all to do with hard times. Previous to asking a blessing to be bestowed upon the sumptuous repast before them, Mrs. JNordstrom presented pre-sented C. C. with a handsome rocking chair. Thanks, of course, were returned re-turned by the recipient for the respect shown him by his friends, after which ceremony the company turned their attention to the various tempting dishes which dainty hands had prepared pre-pared for the occasion. As soon as supper was oyer the manly voice of Mr. John Clark was heard call.ng out, "Take your partners for a plain waltz." Dancing was kept up until the wee sma' hours, when all retired re-tired fully satisfied that a complete surprise had been perpetrated upon our worthy postmaster. J. G. j Vineyard, Jan., 22, 1894. |
